Morning watch 6-5-13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Todays starting temperature was 53 (F) 12 (C) with overcast skies breaking up into sunshine and blue skies late morning.
I made my way downtown by 5:20am and as I could see a falcon on the Mercury money bag (MMB) while stopped at the traffic light at Broad and Exchange Blvd. I drove straight over to the hole to park and watch as it was Beauty up there.Campgee had tweeted that Dot.Ca (DC) was feeding the kids a meager snack. Thanks!
At 5:26am Beauty flew to the nest box and then I saw DC chasing a crow over the Philipone building. After running it out of the area he flew over to the MMB.
10 minutes later DC whipped overhead to the back of the Times Square building (TSB) where he stooped on a crow twice before it escaped to a ledge near Widows Walk. DC went as low as 2 feet above the parking lot over there giving me thrills and chills before backing off and flying over to and landing on the MMB. He was in definite hunt mode!
He stayed about 5 minutes and was off flying very fast to the northwest. I took a ride that way and found him on the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) top arm northeast side.
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I was parked on Montgomery Alley behind the Open Door Mission that resides on Plymouth Ave for the best view of DC. He didn’t stay long before he took off to the northeast at 6:55am.
I drove to the Broad St. Bridge to have a look around and spotted DC on the cupola of the Kodak office tower (KO). I took off to State St. and as I was just about to stop he flew off quickly and then I lost him behind the building. It was still somewhat early so i decided to try my luck finding Pigott over at the Brighton site (BS). This would be the 7th day in a row I haven’t seen Miss Pigott, and thankfully she has been seen sporadically by the other watchers so we do know she’s just wandering and not in trouble. I miss this pretty Peregrine!
I returned to downtown after a short stay and as I was parked on the Andrews St. Bridge (ASB) in my search for DC I watched a gull eat some mac salad from a food container.
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After I failed to find DC I ended up parked on the east end of the BSB. The spot I was in provided me with a view of Kodak office (KO),FCT,Crossroads,OCSR, TSB,jail tower and Time Warner communications tower (TWCT). I saw Beauty pop up on the front ledge of the nest box at 7:00am.
Campgee reported that DC had brought food for his family while I was running an errand. TY Since I was on that side of town I checked BS one more time to no avail-Pigott was not there. 🙁 On my way back downtown just before 9am I stopped at my spot on Exchange St. across from Fitzhugh St. where I have a view of Mercury,OCSR,TSB and the jail tower. I saw Beauty and DC fly to the nest box and then I continued on to the hole after seeing DC fly to the MMB. Upon parking the car DC flew off to the OCSR top ibeam south corner.
With all peaceful and calm I ended my watch at 9:15am with a smile! 🙂
Click on the links below to view videos from this mornings watch
http://youtu.be/THG-6HoUToQ
http://youtu.be/fCLG1TzbH98
http://youtu.be/AHqY5Jvomb8
June 6th, 2013 at 8:36 AM
It seems quite healthy to me that Pigott has given up on waiting on Dot.ca to come and “treat her nice”. It would be too bad for you all in Rochester, but good for the species if Pigott wandered off somewhere to produce little eyases with a dependable mate.
June 6th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Alison, I would also like it if Pigott could find a mate of her own but she’s still holding out for DC. She’s just not staying at the Brighton site all day now-taking trips and broadening her horizons. Perhaps she’ll hook up with another tiercel in her travels. 🙂